ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOL DISTRICT Seventeen schools ASD schools — 15 in Memphis and two in Nashville — enroll fewer than 70 percent of the students they were designed to serve. Chalkbeat
SCHOOL CHOICE A $71 million-a-year proposal to allow public dollars to go toward private education services could reshape schools across the state, offering low-income and affluent parents alike unprecedented school choice. Chalkbeat
Nashville school board members pass a resolution opposing any effort to create a voucher program in the state. The Tennessean,
CIVIL DISCOURSE About 200 students at Kingsbury High School stage a peaceful walkout to call attention to the experiences and fears of the Memphis school’s immigrant and minority populations in the Trump era. Chalkbeat
BETSY Why Betsy DeVos’s comments about historically black colleges have ignited a firestorm — and what she isn’t saying. Chalkbeat
BLACK HISTORY Students at Humes Preparatory Academy Middle School spent their February taking their lessons from Black History Month and turning it into a three-act performance. High Ground News
A Nashville teacher raises $1,000 to take her students to the film Hidden Figures in honor of Black history. The Tennessean
BABY U Chattanooga says its Baby University program to help low-income parents facilitate positive child development is working. Chattanooga Times Free Press
STEM The Bradley Board of Education considers converting a local building into a site for STEM learning, bringing together students and local industry. Cleveland Banner,
SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH The search for Knox County Schools' permanent superintendent is down to two final candidates. WBIR, Knoxville News Sentinel
LUNCH RUN Shelby County Schools is in negotiations to rent a warehouse facility in Jackson to temporarily store food for school lunches. The Commercial Appeal
TURNAROUND Opinion: Funding school turnaround initiatives that don't work is indefensible, writes the former chairman of the Tennessee Republican Party. Chattanooga Times Free Press